Game Brain: A Board Game Podcast About Our Gaming Group

Trey, Paul, and Matt review "Terra Mystica" and ask "What makes a game competitive?"00:00:00 IntroductionWatch What Crappens00:05:15 Game Night-  Agricola   -   EconSean   -   RaniorGames   -   Lumin Sperling -  Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory-  Can't Stop-  Gaia Project-  Clans of Caledonia-  Ark Nova-  Through the Ages-  Modern Art-  Show Manager00:30:22 Game News-  Rolling Heights Kickstarter-  Weimar: The Fight for Democracy-  The Snow Queen-  Kickstarter pumps the breaks on Blockchain00:38:25 Game Review - Terra Mystica 01:30:30 Member Segment - What Makes a Game Competitive?-  World Boardgame Championships-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

Ben, Dmitry, and Paul look at the 2019 game "Art Decko" and then discuss games as social experiences.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer, and Paul, the Game Breaker0:08:39 - This Week’s Game Night: Tichu, Gaia Project, Can’t Stop (Just One, Code Names) Wordle, (Terra Mystica) Hegemony0:23:30 - Game News: Concordia on Nintendo Switch, Avalon, Crystal Palace, Wingspan, Leaving Earth,; Pandemic App withdrawn 0:33:56 - Games on the Brain: Sagrada, Underwater Cities, Great Western Trail, Gallerist, Modern Art, Azul, Splendor, Parks, Photographers, King Domino, Deep Sea Adventure, Welcome To, The Crew, Decrypto, Quacks of Quedlinburg0:46:04 - Review of Art Decko1:41:27 - The Social Uses of Gaming2:14:10 - Sign Off: Watch What Crappens live in LA and San Diego, Kirbooloni.com, gamebrainpod.com

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Jake, the Casual Gamer, and Dmitry, the Philosophical Gamer.0:09:36 - This Week’s Game Night - Alien Fire Team Elite, Tichu on BGA, Wordle0:29:01 - This Week’s Game News, Wavelength App, Barrage New Map, (Hanse Teutonica) Pilgrim, (18xx, Age of Steam, Tokyo Metro, Underground) Libertalia: Winds of Gale Crest (Vasco deGama, Ethnos)0:42:00 - Review of Furnace: Brian Boru, Pipeline, Brass, Arkwright.1:05:30 - Games Ben Will Not Play with His Friends: (Age of Steam, Ark Nova, Terraforming Mars, On Mars, Boonlake, Lisboa) Sagrada, Azul, Ricochet Robots, Res Arkana, Glory to Rome, Innovation, Wiz War, (Battlestar Galactica) Through the Desert, Bus, (Food Chain Magnate) Modern Art, Cartehena, Sleuth, Dune, A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Ricochet Robots, Fresh Fish. Santiago, Sheriff of Nottingham, Love Letter, Santorini, Bohnanza, El Grande.1:16:37 - Sign Off

Trey, Alfred, and Candice get on track with "Asian Railroads" and ask "How are games like music?"00:00:00 Introduction00:02:32 Game Night - Santorini - Connect 4 - Wordle - Pax Viking - Arkham Horror LCG - Acricola00:17:34 Game News - La Granja Deluxe Master Set - Fire in the Lake, the Sovereign of Discord Expansion - P500 at GMT - Game Brain BGA group LINK Post your username in Facebook group!  - Gamefound00:35:44 Game Review - Asian Railroads - Russian Railroads01:13:00 Member Segment - How are games like music? - Daedelus - The Mars Volta-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

1Ben, Jennifer, and Paul discuss the 2021 game "Bitoku" and discuss what they look for and enjoy in a game group.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, Jennifer, the Game Pioneer, and Paul, The Game Breaker. The Game of Life. Blue Peg, Pink Peg. 0:08:55 - This Week’s Game Nights: Messina 1347, Ark Nova, and scheduled for Essen Day: Golem, Bitoku, Squaring Circleville, Tavanusi, Boonlake, Tokyo Market, Tokyo Metro expansions, Teotihuacan and Tekhenu expansions, Imperial Steam, Brian Boru, Stroganoff. (Stone Age, On Mars); Arnak, Gaia Project on BGA (Terra Mystica) , Hegemony on TTS (Die Macher, Avalon, New Angeles) Oath, Junta , Republic of Rome, 1848 Australia, (18mx, 18 Florida,) 1882,0:42:05 - This Week’s News: 4000 year old board game unearthed in Milan, Everdell for Everyone, Cards Against Humanity: Pride Pack, Wordle, Past and Present Podcast, (Mahjong, Scrabble, Backgammon) 0:53:41 - Review of Bitoku: Praga Kaput Regni, Feast for Odin, Voyages of Marco Polo, Blue Moon City, Great Western Trail, Pulsar1:41:38 - What We Look for in a Game Group2:13:24 - Sign Off

Trey, Matt, Dmitry, and Elder talk about the Game Brain's 2021 consensus game of the Year, "Ark Nova" and ask "what makes a game immersive?00:00:00 Introduction00:02:24 Game Night- Bitoku- Hegemony- Messina 1347- Taverns of Tiefenthal: Open Doors - Designer Solo Mode00:10:50 Game News- Gutenberg- Kickstarter- Viscounts Gates of Gold and Keeper of Keys00:17:38 Game Review - Ark Nova00:51:19 Member Segment - What makes a game immersive?01:42:18 Our Top Games of 2021- Oath- Coffee Traders- Ark Nova- Bitoku- Darwin's Journey (2022 actually)- Imperial Steam-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Tom, Ben, the Opinionated Gamer, and Jennifer, the Game Pioneer: Golem, Watch What Crappens Podcast, Mayveena You Tube Channel0:11:55 - This Week's Game Night: Ark Nova, Bitoku, Stroganoff, Origins: First Builders, Santiago, Tabannusi, (Tekhenu, Tzolkin, Teotihuacan, [Taiwanitsu]) Forbidden Stars, Obsession, Art Decko, Anno 1800, Tichu, Show Manager, Captain Sonar, (Year of the Dragon)0:34:22 - This Week's Game News: Cardboard Creations Candice's Interview with Emma Larkins: Abandon All Artichokes, Dom PIerre, (Viticulture, Vinhos, Die Macher) Blazon, (Sagrada, Azul, Brass) Squaring Circleville (Crescent City Cargo) Feast of Odin on BGA0:51:09 - 2021 in Review: 18xx.games, 18 Chesapeake, 1860,, LowLands, Tichu, Advanced Civilization/ Western Empires, Imperial Steam, Ark Nova,  Container, Bitoku, Transcontinental, Blood on the Clocktower1:28:28 - Top 5 Games of 2021: (Carnegie)  Mind Mgmt, Meadow, (Everdell) Coffee Traders, 1840: Vienna Tramways, Ark Nova, Imperial Steam, Furnace, Magnate: First City, Bitoku, (Messina1347, Praga, Underwater Cities, Shipyard, Pulsar 2847) Carnegie, Messina 13472: 04:30 - Sign Off

Ben, Dmitry, and Paul review the 2014 release, "City Hall," and discuss the game group as an ibasho.0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome Ben, the Opinionated Host, Dmitry, The Philosophical Gamer, and Paul, the Game Breaker0:06:20 - This Week's Game Night: Pulsar 2846, (High Frontier, Ticket to Ride,) Ark Nova, Medium, (Wavelength, Wits and Wagers,) Avalon, Once Upon a Time, The Great Wall (Perseverance, Brass,) Twilight Imperium 4: Prophecy of the Kings Expansion, Urban Sprawl0:44:04 - Games on the Brain: Boonlake, Trismegistus, Darwin's Journey, Broom Service, Forbidden Stars, Forged in Steel, Hegemony, Teotihuacan (The Beginning of Everything,) Avalon1:09:55 - Review of City Hall: Santiago, Estates, Embarcadero, Magnate: First City, Age of Steam, Isle of Skye1:59:50 - Ibashos and Game Groups2:32:07 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com  

Trey, Jennifer, and Elder talk about the 2021 release "Boonlake" and discuss the "Cult of the New."00:00:00 Introduction00:04:00 Game Night -  The Hunger -  Space Corp: 2025-2300AD -  Nuclear War -  Free Ride -  Fields of Arle-  Witchstone-  Ark Nova-  Cascadia-  Pulsar 2849-  Unfathomable-  Battlestar Galactica00:28:55 Game News-  Asmodee purchased by Embracer Group-  Candice's game overview of Imperial Steam-  Root now on Nintendo Switch00:37:53 Games on the Brain-  Bitoku-  Radlands-  Complexity Bias in BGG ratings - Dinesh Vatvani01:01:30 Game Review - Boonlake01:45:33 Member Segment - Cult of the New02:10:43 Outtro-  Find Etamar at kirbooloni.com-  Game Brain Facebook Group-  Twitter-  Instagram

0:00:00 - Introduction: Welcome OmniGamer Candice and Opinionated Gamer Ben0:08:08 - This Week’s Game Night: Brian Boru, Boon Lake, Star Wars LCG, (Lord of the Rings, NetRunner Game of Thrones, Arboretum,) Avalon (Secret Hitler) Barrage, Shipyard (Clinic, Antiquity, Tramways of Vienna, Small Cities) Belratti, Brick and Mortar, Stick’um, (Black Orchestra), Spirit Island (Pandemic Legacy, Pandemic: Rising Tide)0:38:58 - This Week’s Game News: Weather Machine, (Kanban EV, On Mars, CO2, Railways of Portugal, Lisboa, The Gallerist) Undaunted Reinforcements (Undaunted Normandy, Undaunted: Africa, Tank Duel) Palaces of Carrara (Paris, Telkhal, Azul) https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2767995/2021-end-year-support-drive0:52:24 - Review of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland1:33:51 - The Most Interesting Area Majority Games: (Area Control: Blood Rages, Forbidden Stars, Twilight Imperium, Wallenstein, Hansa Teutonica, Lords of Vegas, Eclipse, ) Calimala, (Merve, Medusa) Juraku, Liberte, (Ethnos) Gingkopolis, Dominant Species: Marine, Maharaja, Wildcatters, (Coffee Traders) Europe Divided, (Undaunted Normandy, Warchest) Struggle of Empires, (Coalitions) Rococco, (Pret a Porter) Time of Crisis, Reef Encounter, Nippon, El Grande (Tamany Hall)2:32:16 - Sign Off: Kirbooloni.com